The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-03-05
NEW PUBLICATIONS

The fourteenth volume of the Famous
Women Series is one of the best. tits con-
densed and intensely interesting sketch of
Margaret of Augouleme, by Miss A. Mary f.
Robinson, one of the foremost critics and
most successful literateurs of the day. The
Queen of Navarro is a shining instance of
the strength of character and the natural M
rity Of woman who remained virtuous, de-
voted to art, poetry and science, full of char
ity and compassion in the midst of most
corrupt court, with husband for whom she
had no love, and with an amount of power
that might easily have turned the head of
almost any woman. That she was sufficient
fy affected by the vitiated air which she con-
stantly breathed to write 'tLe Heptame-
rom must be admitted; but that seems to
have been the extent of her SHINING, and an
eminent figure in the sixteenth century was
the sister Of Francis l. SIT was she who in
spired the College Of France; it was she who
protected and guaranteed the Renaissance in
France from the ignorant rage of the Sar-
bonnie. She was, in Melancthon's phrase.
the Divinity of the great religious movement
of her time, and the upholder of the new
natural rights of humanity in an age that on
ly respected opinions" Boston: Roberts
Brothers; Portland; LoriDg, Short & Har-
mon.)
The Conflict Of East and West In Egypt,
by John Eliot Bowen, is a condensed history
of that strange, sad land which seems as un-
necessary to itself as its maintenance under
certain conditions is necessary to the balance
of the great Powers of Europe. The book
begins with Mehemet Ali in 1905, and in
rapid review Of half dozen pages gives the
condition of the country to the time Of his
death in 1S49. He was called the Napoleon
OF Egypt From this period the story be-
comes more full and detailed, passing through
the successive waves of revolution and re-
form, prosperity and bankruptcy; giving an
interesting account of the Soudan and the
Mahdi, Interpretations of Baker, Stewart and
Gordon, and concluding with the termina-
ton of Sir Garnet Wolseley's ill-starred ex-
petition. The book is gotten up in remark
ably good style, with large, clear type upon
excellent paper. Upon the whole it serves
very we'll the purpose Of brief survey of an
exciting and eventful period of Egyptian
history. (New York: G. p. Putnam's Sons !:
Portland: Loring, Short & Harmony
DIR. Channing's Notebook. BY Grace FL
lery Claiming. This volume is made M of
notes selected from the unpublished manu-
scripts OF DR.. Charming, which were set apart
for this purpose by, his nephew and biogra-
pher, William Henry Charming, and by his
son. Dr.. Channi1g's granddaughter has col
lected them with care and arranged the
according to subject, without change or ge-
vision of any kind. Written as they were
for personal reference, they have, as Miss
Charming says, the absolute unrestraint of
self-communion," and will, therefore. be
doubly dear to the friends of DR.. Charming.
The book is dedicated to those whose lives
are bound up with all movements for free
dom, as voice for individual lib
erty," az well as to 'the friends Of Claiming
everywhere" (Boston: Houghton, Miffiin
q Co.; Portland: Loring, Short & Har-
mon.)
Forced Acquaintance by Edith Robinson
is called by the author A Book for Girls, but
1t will strike the reader as much more than
That. 1t is a bright, original and amusing
story, written in the best of English, and we
WIN warrant it to entertain anybody, old or
young who is SO fortunate as to take it up.
Inc style is simple and direct, and each one
OF tne characters has separate and epeciaI
interest," while even the little sisterly squab-
pies Of Marion and Kitty Ware-such as will
occur In the best regulated families-are
amusing without being painful. The book
Is both cheerful and wholesome. Boston
Iicknor q Co.; Portland: Loring, Short &
Harmony